Photo: Dominik Jůn, Radio Prague International
Czech type designers have become significant players in the field of global typography – the design of glyphs and letterforms, better known as fonts. As Dominik Jůn discovered, this field of artistic graphic design is also strongly linked to Czech history and national identity.
As with any field of human endeavour, Czech type design has its own list of key people that have built up this unique profession – names such as Vojtěch Preissig, Oldřich Menhart, Ladislav Sutnar and František Štorm.
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Author: Dominik Jůn